Silverton Cafe 11/06/08

Well, we hit the road this beautiful fall day sans Steve M. (Pause for sad sigh) *sigh*.

We had an idea of where a SLOTM hotbed might lie, so we headed to that weird area between Kenwood Mall and Pleasant Ridge. Bingo.

We got to a parking lot between the elegant eateries; CHINA FOOD and THE SILVERTON CAFE. So we decided to "flip a coin". Since no one had a coin, Kyle used his Coin Flip App on his iPhone. (We also thought that pretty ridiculous).






Even though I think technically CHINA FOOD won the toss, the unspoken majority opinion of the group was that Silverton Cafe just sounded better. (Next time we'll hit CHINA FOOD though).

So, we headed in.





The dead flowers with scarecrow arrangement at the door reassured us that we were at a SLOTM joint.

Inside, however, was pretty tame. A pretty standard greasy lunch joint by day, classic rock cover band and football watching bar by night. Nothing really scary. There were a couple light bulbs out on each fixture, so that was mildly scary. The dust build up on the vents above us, also scary. The 40 inch plasma showing ESPN right next to our table, not scary.

Here was the food. Solid AVERAGE. We didn't find the next Zips Cafe or anything, Nothing about the place (other than shear curiosity about what the crowd might be like on Saturday night at 11:30pm) makes me want to come back. The roast beef was dry. The burgers average. The fried stuff, standard and average.

The did make some mean saratoga chips though.







Rating system review:
1 = Not scary. Would dine here with small children at odd hours.
10 = One member of the group was either mugged, killed or developed some type of disease that they will carry the rest of their life.

FOOD = 5
I'd eat it again. Not dreaming about it though.

SCARY-NESS LEVEL = 4
My kids would like it and I wouldn't mind them spilling ketchup all over the place

SERVICE = 7
Nice woman, didn't catch her name. She recommended some things (that weren't very good), was prompt with water refills.

QUOTE
"I forgot my phone and my wife might have a baby any minute" - Matt.